Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said in a statement Wednesday that a grand jury declined to indict the officer who shot 33-year-old Jason Hoops on August 27, 2017 in the Dayton suburb of Kettering.

Authorities said Officer Jonathon McCoy was conducting a traffic stop when he saw Hoops had a firearm. Dashcam video released later showed McCoy warning Hoops not to reach for a gun, before McCoy fired.

Heck says the Fairborn man refused the officer’s repeated orders to put his hands on the vehicle’s dash.

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Heck says grand jurors heard testimony from 16 witnesses and found the officer’s actions “were not criminal under the circumstances.”